Chapter 213: Green Silk Silver Snow
The gray city wall towers above the plain, the city wall is simple and heavy, and it still stands after thousands of years of wind and frost, just like its owner.
On the city wall, an old man dressed in military uniform stood majestically at the highest point of the city wall. He looked up at the bright moon like a silver platter, and his resolute and fearless face showed a faint look of loneliness.
The bright moon at the border seems to be larger and rounder than in the capital, but not as bright as in the capital.
At this moment, a burly sergeant, half a head taller than the old general, came to him and knelt on the ground.
His voice, though old, was still like a bell.
"Tell the general, the letter from the eldest prince."
Su Nian retracted his gaze, looked at Ran Lie, and said with a smile: "Shaojun should set off in these days, and we can get together in half a month, so why write letters again." ”
A smile appeared on Ran Lie's rugged face, and he said, "Presumably, the eldest prince knows that the general cares about the second prince's recent situation, so he writes frequently. ”
Then he pretended to be mysterious and said: "There is another good thing that came with the letter this time, saying that the second son is filial to the general." ”
Su Nian was slightly stunned, but he was very happy in his heart, but he asked as usual: "Shi'er is filial to me?" What is it? ”
Ran Lie smiled: "The general only needs to go back to the house to know." ”
At this time, Su Nian could still sit still, and walked down the city wall with Ran Lie and returned to the mansion.
The border pass is poor, and although the place where Su Nian lives is not simple, compared with the general's mansion in the capital, it looks much shabby.
Su Nian rushed to the hall with great interest, and at a glance saw a tightly wrapped package on the table, and a letter was lying quietly on top of the package.
Su Nian's eyes kept on the package, because this was the first time Su Shi had sent something to him in more than ten years.
"Why does a package need to be tied so tightly, I don't know what the hell is going on at the time?"
Ran Lie asked the sergeant who sent the letter and knew what was in this package, but for the sake of a surprise to the general, he naturally wouldn't explain.
He smiled and said: "Since this is a piece of the second son's heart, it is better to ask the general to open it himself." ”
Su Nian slowly walked to the table, first gently lifted the package with his hand, the package was not heavy, he pinched it casually, and found that under the coarse cloth was a wooden box.
He casually set aside the envelope on the top of the package, and saw that the coarse cloth used to wrap the wooden box was tied with a dead knot on it.
Su Nian patiently untied the tightly tied dead knot, unfolded the coarse cloth, and a delicate wooden box appeared in front of him.
The wooden box was locked, Su Nian glanced at Ran Lie, Ran Lie shook his head, indicating that he had not received the key, and then the two looked at the letter at the same time.
Su Nian picked up the envelope, tore open the seal, and then poured it down, and a delicate key fell on the table, making a clear sound.
After opening the wooden box, Su Nian was stunned again, because it was stuffed with grass and sawdust. He brushed aside the grass and trees, and a small and delicate wine jar appeared in front of him.
Seeing that Su Shi had come all the way to send wine, and it was such a small and exquisite altar, Su Nian couldn't help laughing at himself: "Does this kid think that this side is a bitter cold and poor place, and it is difficult to have good wine, and he is afraid that I will drink too much and hurt my body, so he sent this small jar of wine?" ”
Ran Lie smiled slightly, but did not answer.
Su Nian looked at Ran Lie's strange expression, suddenly woke up, and said with joy and exclamation: "Could it be that this is the Jiangjin wine brewed by Shi'er himself?" ”
In the letter sent by the capital last time, Su Zhou once said that Su Shi was preparing to make wine, and the wine was called Jiangjin Wine, which had the same name as the poem, and attached the whole poem of Jiangjin Wine at the end of the letter.
After reading the poem, Su Nian became even more curious about the wine made by Su Shi.
He took out the wine jar and looked at the three words of wine on the red paper in a daze.
"You don't see the sad white hair of the high hall mirror, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk." Su Nian read slowly, then looked at the silver silk under Ran Lie's helmet, and said with emotion: "The border city is stormy, and for more than twenty years, the green silk has turned into silver snow unconsciously. ”
At this time, Ran Lie put the prepared wine bowl on the table, and said with a smile: "Since the second prince made the wine himself, the general will taste it first, and then I will ask Xu Zhong to get some side dishes." ”
Su Nian shook his head and said, "It's getting late, don't bother others, bring another wine bowl, you can just accompany me for a drink." ”
Ran Lie did not shirk, and after removing his armor for Su Nian, he took off his military uniform. After Su Nian sat down, Ran Lie lightly picked up the wine jar with one hand and pulled out the wine cork with the other.
As soon as the wine cork was uncorked, a strong aroma of wine immediately hit the nose and instantly filled the room. Both of them are people who like wine, and when they smell the aroma of wine, they first look at each other, and then show joy.
Ran Lie carried the wine jar, took a deep breath, and said in surprise: "General, the wine brewed by the second prince is not simple, and the aroma of this wine is intoxicating. ”
Su Nian couldn't bear it anymore at this time, and urged: "Come and let me taste it." ”
Ran Lie was no longer lazy, and immediately poured wine for Su Nian.
The two of them looked at the wine as clear as water, and they were stunned again.
Without this strong aroma of wine, anyone would think that this bowl was filled with water.
Ran Lie didn't stop his hand because he was frightened for a while, and a drop of it actually fell from the wine bowl on the table.
Su Nian looked a little heartbroken, and actually dipped the drop of wine with his fingers and put it in his mouth.
After only tasting this drop, Su Nian's eyes were full of excitement, and he couldn't help but praise: "Good wine, a good drop will enter the wine." Not only poetry is good, but wine is also good. ”
Looking at the bowl full of crystal clear wine, Su Nian couldn't bear to waste a drop, so he bent down regardless of his image, put his mouth close to the edge of the bowl, and took a sip.
He didn't dare to take too many sipes, because just from that drop just now, Su Nian knew that this wine was unprecedentedly strong.
However, it was this thin sip that had already made his mouth full of fragrance and fascinated.
Ran Lie saw that Su didn't speak for a long time, but just showed an intoxicated expression, where could he still endure it, so he hurriedly poured a small bowl for himself and dried it down.
After this sip, Ran Lie's face suddenly changed greatly, this wine seems to be as light as water, but its strength is much higher than that of ordinary wine.
At this time, although his lips and teeth were fragrant, his abdomen was like a fire, and then his qi and blood surged, his face immediately became red, and he actually felt a little dizzy.
After a long time, Ran Lie let out a long breath and shouted, "Good wine!" Sure enough, it's a good wine! ”
At this time, Su Nian looked at the small and delicate wine jar, and couldn't help laughing: "Now I know why Shi'er is so stingy and only sends such a small jar of wine, it seems that he knows that only this jar of wine is enough to make me drunk several times." ”
Then he looked at Ran Lie and said with some embarrassment: "You go to see if Xu Zhong is resting, I'm afraid I really need some side dishes to accompany this wine." ”